Stellar Subsidized Liner

BARD PAPER: SARA7033

Stellar Subsidized Liner

The Type M Subsidised Liner was once the staple of the spaceways. Though not as capacious as proprietary designs of the larger spacelines, its simplicity and abundant availability made it a favorite of smaller shipping companies and well heeled free traders. The concept behind a subsidised ship is fairly easy: in return for a stipend provided by either larger companies or planetary governments, the crews or owner/operators of these vessels were contractually obligated to service a particular trade route. On the mains the smaller Type R Fat Trader predominated, with the Type M taking cargo and passenger responsibilities in less dense stellar regions.

Three main classes existed: The TL-12 Bastien, the TL-13 Bertil and the TL-15 Stellar, the latter being the most popular and common. The main external difference between these classes were in the arrangement of the armament, and the stowage method for the ship's launch. On the Stellar, the launch is carried in a streamlined grapple along the ship's spine, while the others carried it in an internal hangar. The Stellars were most common in rimward sectors of the Third Imperium, such as Sol and Diaspora, and in coreward sectors like Deneb and Corridor, areas where few J-1 mains existed for the smaller Type R. The continuing popularity of this class is evident in the hundreds of unofficial conversions of older Stellars constructed since the Collapse, from pirate and smuggling vessels to the White Angel hospital and relief vessels.

(This, with the exception of a handful of small craft, completes the CT Basic Ship set.)

Stellar Subsidized Liner

General Data

Displacement: 590/600 tons	Hull Armor: 28
Length: 68.75 meters	Volume: 8400 m³
Price: 189.298 MCr	Target Size: S
Configuration: Slab SL	Tech Level: 15
Mass (Loaded/Unloaded): 4596.896 / 2100.17 tons

Engineering Data

Power Plant: TL-15 450 MW Fusion 45 m³ for power plant (One Year Duration)

Jump Performance: 3

Jump Fuel: 1680 m³ (560 m³ per parsec

G-Rating: 1G Heplar (300 MW/G), CG lifters (60 MW)

G-Turns: 48 (37.5) plus 11.2 for each "point" of jump fuel, for a total of 92.8

Maint: 172

Electronics

Computer: 3xTL-15St (0.55 MW)

Commo: 1000 AU radio (20 MW), 3x1000 AU Maser (0.6 MW)

Avionics: Imaging EMS, Grav/Inertial Positioning

Sensors: PEMS 150,000 km Fixed (Range:5, 0.15 MW), AEMS 240,000 km (Range:12, 13 MW)

ECM/ECCM: None

Controls: 4 Bridge plus 3 Normal

Armament

Offensive 5xTurret Hardpoints (Loc:1 Loc:4,5 Loc:11 Loc:20)

Defensive: None

Master Fire Directors: Provision for a 300,000 km MFD

Accommodations

Life Support: Extended (1.68 MW)

Grav Compensation: 6Gs (42 MW)

Crew: 13-16 (3 Maneuver, 1 Electronics, 0-3 Gunnery, 0-1 Screens, 3 Engineering, 1 Maintenance, 1 Command, 3 Steward/Small Craft, 1 Medic)

Crew Accommodations: 2 Small Staterooms (Single Occupancy), 7 Small Staterooms (Varying Occupancy)

Passenger Accomadation: 8 Large Staterooms (Varying Occupancy), 20 Small Staterooms (Varying Occupancy), 20 Low Berths

Other Facilities: Sickbay

Cargo: 2278.146 m³ 4 Large Cargo Hatches

Small Craft and Launch Facilities: 10 ton launch (Streamlined Grapple)

Air Locks: 6

Notes

Fuel Scoops (5%, 1.83 hours), Fuel Processing Plant (24 hours, 19.25 MW)
11.619 MW Shortfall (Compensated by not running the CG Lifters and Fuel Processing Plant at the same time)

Damage Tables

System Damage Tables

 JD: 7H     LS: 4H     SSR: 2h
 MD: 1H    ELS: 2H    LwBt: 1h
 PP: 2H     AG: 1H    Grpl: 1H
 CG: 2H   PEMS: 1h    SkBy: 1H
FPP: 3H    LSR: 3h

Damage Location Table

Location       External       Internal

1              Ant            1-4:Elec, 5:Hold, 6-7:HP, 8-20:Qtrs
2-3            1-4:Ant        Hold
4-5            1:AL           1-2:HP, 3-16: Qtrs, 17-20:Hold
6-9,10                        Hold
11             CH             1-2:HP, 3-20:Hold
12-15                         1-15:Qtrs, 16-20:Hold
16-17          1-13:Grpl      1-5:Eng, 6-20:Hold
18-19                         1-5:Eng, 6-20:Hold
20                            1:Elec, 2-18:Eng, 19-20:HP